In honor of it being H2O this weekend in South Africa. Afrojack, who is headlining this event while also be the headline for this post. Bobby Burns and Tony Cha Cha will also be playing at this event and I will give everyone some history about each person and some tracks to download and listen to.
1. Afrojack
In the span of less than 2 years, Afrojack has become one of
electronic dance music’s major icons. He began Djing in his
native country of Holland and has grown up to become a multi-award winning,
platinum-selling producer. His skills are some of the most sought after
in the world, and with two Grammy Awards under his belt, it’s easy to
see why. In addition to this, his DJ sets have fast become both iconic
and unparalleled, providing an explosive take on the current state of
dance music across the board.
Starting off in his hometown of Spijkenisse, Nick van de Wall aka
Afrojack, quickly made a name for himself with a slew of hard-hitting
underground releases, before exploding in 2011 with the unveiling of
“Take Over Control” . This also helped solidify his own imprint Wall
Recordings as a pioneering club music brand – a value he holds dear as
label boss and insures with every release.
Afrojack - Amanda (Original Mix)
Example - Kick Starts (afrojack Remix)
Lady Gaga - Marry The Night (Afrojack Remix)
Afrojack - Rock The House (Original Mix)
Afrojack - Daft Sound (Original Mix)
2. Bobby Burns
Bobby started spinning tracks in 1996 and produced his first record
in 2002, but in the summer of 2007 everybody in Holland knew his name.
His track ‘From Holland’ became one Holland biggest summer anthems of
the year, but now we can easily say it was just the start of something
big.
The success of Bobby’s track ‘From Holland’, made Afrojack notice his
talent. Bobby and Afrojack decided to get together for some time in the
studio, which resulted in the releases of ‘Ghettoblaster’ on Spinnin’
Records. ‘Ghettoblaster’ became the start of a long-term collaboration
between Bobby and Afrojack.
Almost a year later, Bobby Burns is a solid part of Wall Recordings
as he represents the more techy and underground sound of Afrojack’s
label. For his releases on Wall Recordings, Bobby teamed up with
label-owner Afrojack and Sidney Samson, resulting in four huge releases
supported by guys like David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Axwell, Dada Life,
just to name a few. In April 2010, Bobby Burns and Afrojack released
their first Wall Recordings-collaboration: ‘Real High’. Bobby and
Afrojack continued their good work and a few months later they came up
with a new collab called ‘Bungee’. The track rocked dance-floors all
around the globe and Pete Tong picked the track as an ‘Essential New
Tune’ on his BBC1 radio show. Bobby’s latest work for Wall Recordings
includes ‘Countdown’, collaboration with Sidney Samson (supported by
Tiesto, Diplo and Laidback Luka a.o.) and another electrifying
co-production with Afrojack: ‘Bridge’.
Sidney Samson & Bobby Burns - Countdown (Original Mix)
Afrojack & Bobby Burns - Real High (Original Mix)
Afrojack & Bobby Burns - Bungee (Original Mix)
3. Tony Cha Cha
At a young age Tony Cha Cha got infected with the musical virus that hasn't left him since.
Tony Cha Cha, born in the Hague (Netherlands) as Dimitrie Siliakus,
grew up in the city of Amersfoort. He started his career packed with the
dream to turn his hobby into a profession. His first steps consisted of
DJing at school-parties and organically grew into landing regular gigs
at local clubs in his hometown. In those local clubs is where his
undeniable talent was discovered by one of the captains of the house
music industries, DJ Jean. Soon, his first residency was a fact in the
now defunct, but at the time booming, club IT in Amterdam, Holland.
His unique mixing style together with self-made bootlegs rapidly turned
Tony into a definite favorite amongst clubbers and promoters!. This
offered him his first big break and marked the first big milestone in
his tender career as he was offered a residency at club IT. At the same
time he started focusing on the production side of music.
Tony Cha Cha & Ray Fox - My Friend (Original Mix)
Sidney Samson and Tony Cha Cha Ft. Lady Bee - Hype Up Tha Place
Sidney Samson Vs. Tony Cha Cha - Get On The Floor (Original Mix)
